Decatur Democrat, Volume 40, Number 49, Decatur, Adams County, 18 February 1897 — Page 8

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FLEASANT VAI.IjEY J. Bui nett, returned’rmn Van Wert county. O. last Tuesday. Jam* i Tucker "ill move on th« Davin firm i -"W S uel*. having rented bifarm to Mr Feirch'ld Mr. and lamne Pit'ersnn from Mad i»on County are via'ring hen* this week Mrs George Gilbert is s'ill on the sick list. R v E Hinshaw preached Sitnrday and Sunday n'ght*. H** "'id be wib us again in two weeks. Married— -Wednesday of last week, Mr Fred Stauffir to Miss R*becca Dfur Both of Monroe township. Mr .D»r-nis Hendricks and Ira Hendricks acc.’ni’i'jied hv their families Sundered ar James Hendricks. Logan Wolfe returned from Arkansas last W<«dn.**dax. Ib* is we'l pleased it his glimpse of the snrniv south. cut PEI. 0. D I’etir. a former resident of Union to r s' to, called on relatives and friends in this vicinity. E.i end W 1! 'filler are again in our comm’’ni *■ They have contrac'ed to cut ten cords of wood for E Hart. Miss B-ssie Wherry entertained a Dumber of her yi.ung friends last Sunday. Epworth League was reorgnvzed las' Sunday afternoon at Clark’-Chapel Misa Colom and mo - her were at Decatur Friday Tlierevivtl mee'in r at Clark’s Clupel ' -closed Tuesday aveneng with 36 added , to*tbe church Rev. Schroeder pastor. } Rev Schroeder will now eo to Dixon 1e assist.R*v. Beansy in revival work at that place. The instate held at No. 1 Union township, was a grand success in every sense of the word A good program was rendered by the school, which did thier part well. At 11:30 the teacher announced dinner, which was surpisring to those present, as it was the best of the progam. L H. Briley was the champion pie eater.

MONROE Go. W. Martz bad a public sale of pergonal property last Saturday. Ri -hard Haggard is very sick with Jung fever Dr. O T. May of Wills'' ore is attending him. V B. Simeoke and family went out sb igbing i< a high.tbre* wated Amish w-g-'B las' Saturday landing in Geneva end “Pent the evening ret rni ng home at 2 o’clock next morni«g Uhn Ribins >n of the south part of M-nr >e township paid Monroe a short \ ut' wt .Monday. John is a reader of 1 ■ “ I EMvJCRAT. Al u Graham had a public sale of his p r»o >il property at Monroe last Wednes." v tie is going to become a resi<i t■>f D -catur soon. T. pwi lof the late S. 8. Wagoner, gives all his property to the o i'v daughter and mother. The Monroe hoop and bub factories a-» r inning in full blast employing many bands. Gertie Wurst is very sick at this writing. Wednesday, and cannot re cover as reported. LINN GROVE Da or] Yrder and wif«. Peter H< ffmann. Wm Mesh’vergcr and other- - were* nt'end’cg the Adams circuit court on Friday of last week as witnesses in the cause wherein John J Biberstein vs Abram Biberstein. bin father.

Chat les Crisman the ho'rbr of No 63 drew the double set of harness last Fa urdey night. The “r.dvxuce agent” for confidence and prosperity struck the country early in January, hy spring the price on small shipments of freight, thirty-five cents is now taxed instead of twentyfive cen’s in the past, this in a measure, will counterset the half fare freight traffic during the campaign The reason has now been assigned why Me did not speak away from home was that mo.vjaged goods are not permitted to bo amoved from the state. Henry Millor of south Hartford township, left last week for Bluffton, Ohio. About one month ago John Falb aged about fifty years mysteriously disappsared from his family and community Our silence in the mean time was based oil the hope that he would be overtaken with remorse and return to his own, but since faith would not gratify this, we chronicle the above. Harriet Eckrote nee Kinard, Was born March 31,1811, in Columbia county. Pennsylvania, and died at the home o f Joseph Busker of Wabash township, fflTiwr: A.g'i .. •/ ..

Feb 9, 1897, aged 85 years 10 months and 9 dao In her early years she uaitad with the Lutheraa church of her satire county, in latter years she ( h«cam<* a member of the Deciple church sii<* was united la matnmonyto Joseph Eckrela A D 1831, four sons and three daughters was ibe result, of this union, all es whom together with the aged husband survive her. In 1833 th 1 young ooupie mvvsd to Stark county, Ohio when in 1847 they came to Hartford township Adams county, Ind , where two inindt in unison accompanied with willing handsremoved the ragged for est and shaped for themselves a sightly home, the family tie of which was the first time broken duriug a period of sixty years, when death came to claim its won. Farewell mother, thy lot is cist, Thy libur is done You are at rest at last. O to E crate is being tried for the theft of the horse and sleigh from the hitching ruck ou the evening of Ibe 6tb insf. t’ownn's court is beating the case. Liter —The defendant was dis missed for wmit of prosecution PETERSON The question, who itemizes is still uo*nswered We’ll tell you who it is ft is little Grease. Take the Democrat and read what he b«ts to say. February 14ib has passed But the’ gladness mui madness that it brought still lingers wiib us Some living irsenals slid walk up and down our st reels The card playing at this place is in | full blast S >me of the boys boast as champion players. In item No. 1 last week the word nothing ought to hive been number. Elmer Weldy was out close to St Paul Saturday night. Prayer meeting at Beery Wednesday nights. The joint institute Feb. 13th, was out of sight. All of the pedagogues and both of the trustees were present. The first thing was to vote, all present members if UV Fished to take part. Some lively discussions were had, but when it came to (Juizot’s ffistory of Civilization the arguments weqs just the hot stuff, everybody forgot that tt was dinner time. Twenty minutes past 12 was dismissing time. Institute took up ten minutes after one. Mr, Lankanau caused several ripples of laughter to sweep round by the reading of his paper. The school then gave their pieces which were very good, the progarm for the next institute was then assigned. It is to tie held two miles nortii of here March 20. Everybody come and bring your baskets well filled-

BERNE A boy baby arrived at the home of Joe Stucksy Wednesday night. Dr. McMillen of Decatur, was a business caller here Tuesday. Boys can get shaved again at the old rates at H Billman's barber shop south of the book store Room 4of the Berna school will give an entertainment in honor of George Washington’s birthday anniversary. E M. Ray is teacher of this room and is sparing ro time or expense in making it a success Everybody is cordially invited. No admission charged. The small child of Wm. Eley and wife which d ; ed Sunday morning of croup was buried Monday afternoon in the B riie cemstory. Rev. MeUner officiating OttoFianz, Ella Ray and Lorence Oplirger Sundayed at Domestic the guests of Miss Minnie Gottschalk’s p irents A Gottschalk was called to Markle Sunday to witness a surgical operation performed on a child of J Yost A small child of Mr. and Mrs John Runyon east of town, died Monday morning and was buried south of Linn G ove, Tuesday Miss Lydia Yoder and Christ Roth of Putnam county, Ohio, were married last Thursday . Rev Ruff tied the knot The firm of Gilliom. Boogli A Co have dissolved partnership. Simon Giliom is the successor Bam Smoison was a business caller at Geneva Tuesday. Rud Lehman was at Decatur Tuesday on business. Bert Michaud accepted a position with PI w. Smith and will be foreman of the mill at Briant. Bert left for that , place Monday i Postoffice candidatesj are’ circulating ; petitions for names. Luck to you boys. Diphtheria is raging at the home of i Mr Neaderhouser at Linn Grove. Two of their children are down with the disi ease. Dr Franz is th* attending pby,[sician. ■■—

PLEASANT MILLS. Dr Vizard Is having a very expensive iraetioe nt present. Rev ReokardD ab'e to ba around again after a short Hlr»M Charles Yager Is just recovering from a severe attack es legripne. Albert Boner aa< wife are on the sick list this week Dara Erwin end family of Decatur Sundayed here with frieode. Albert Brittan’s smiling oonntasano* Was seen on our streets last Moadav. D R. Roop contemplates moviar to Decatur. He wl'l engage in the batch*'boslness. Prayer meeting at the Baptist clmrsh '*vory Thursday evening. Lose her* Foreman and wife returned ta their home at Oeh«n, O . last Saturday after an extended visit hero wit*friends. tflf the Pleasant Mills itemizar of th* Journal has informed us Pleasant Mills is blessed with a dude, but he it not alone, she is also blessed with a couple es dudeines Ii is a vmy poor town that cannot sport a dude and ore or two dudeine companions. W<will here relate a little incident of iea' life under our own observation. One* upon a time a dude and dndeine iven* out buggy riding one Sunday afternonr to enjoy the sweet, ba mv breezes B • fore starting the young dude though be would take a little ginger ale for h’s stomach’s sake, bit bis head git the benefit of it. his eyes grew dim. his reins became slaex in his bands and the consequences were, his fine sorrel hors** ran away. A’as. alas, for the pour dudeine. she yelled at the top o f he' voice, L?t ms out! Let ma out! Girls heware of young dudes when tbev drinl ginger ale for their stomach’s sake WILLIAMS. Miss Emma Mercer of Nobla county, is visiting her mother at this place. Fred Wittie of Hoaglaud. made » short visit with H Zwick aud family

Sunday. Last Sunday as ernoon at th* home of Jason Hobbs and wife occurred the baptism of their two smallest children and the babe of Fred Koenizen and wife, by Rev: D. F. Kain of Monroeville. Frank Wisner and Miss Alice Gettle of Bluffton. Sundayed with Amos Biggs and wife Amos E Houk is the itemizer at thia place for the Decatur Journal. The protracted meeting at the Concordchurch closed Sunday, afternoon There were eight conversions,., fit* of whom joined the Lutheran ehnreb at the above named place. P. W. Smith & Co. proprietors of the Williams saw mill have laid off their log cutters and teamsters at this place. No doubt the company needs a little more confidence in the lumber trade. R-v. D. F- Kain of Monroeville, and Mrs. M, M. Kunkel and Miss Lizzie Wolford of Monmouth, visited with friends here one day last week. P Erb and family and Andy Fisher and wife viaiutd relatives>at Ft. Wayne last Friday and Saturday. Fred Reider who has been visiting his parents here for some time, will re-tuj-n to his home tn Minnesota this week. On last Wednesday afternoon about three o’clock, a married man who lives about two miles south of this place, drove up in front of P. Erb s quart shop and tied bis horse and got on a regular toot. About eight o’clock in the evening his horse broke loose and went bome. His fatoily was at at church, and on their return home his wife found ths team standing at the gate but saw nothing of her husband. She made a dilligent search but to no effect. Finally she resolved to tramp to Williams in search of her hus ban if, which she did. and On entering the above named quart shop fourd her husband in a drunken state, howevei, he occompanied her home after some coaxing. It is not enough to say that such a man should be ashamed of his disgraceful conduct. GENEVA. Beautiful winter weather these days j The roads are in fine condition for hauling, and our teamsters are making the most of the harvest. Mine Host Vondron, who has been landlord of the old Heaston House fo r the past three years, has moved to Bluff ton, Ohio, where he will again engage in the business. The landlord and his family have made many friends in this community who are loth to see them depart. But alas, such is life Svmath ies are extended to the young barber.

Druggist Atwood wears a broad smile all over his face now on account of the arrival ot a fat, bouncing baby boy at bis boras last Tuesday moaning. Next. Dr. Mattox visited his father who Is livfiig near Salem, last Friday. The old gentleman is quite ill with complaints incident to ojd age The Eldon Dramatic Co. will hold down the boards of; tbejjopera house during the week commencing Monday. Feb. 22 As this comoany isjone of the finest on the road, our people are as■urgd of a ridtUrart*

ir Wb Will GiVe yoliWl firn OVefcoat. > I rr * w jfa— —i i IF we can’t sell you one for less money than you ever had one offer to you before. The winter has beeq, so nearly summer weather that Overcoats have not sold as well as we expected them to and rather than carry them over we are selling them at a sacrifice. Many persons are taking advantage of these prices. Why not you? M 9 ’ elv^ M9M 7R »* 2 a " W ° ol $7 7R I (Dl/l Ulsters sellingnow for (|) IZI •/ o Overcoats in this sale (|)/ JJ | . _ a. i-u 4. We have several Boys ft) (MM Any $6 Overcoat that we A- no Overcoatsand Ulsters that I ' U.JU have, in the house will i >c ()j|J[j sold at from ssX>otos6oo ffl sold for $3 50, V wi|| be closed at $3 00 The Merchant Tailoring Piece Goods that we advertised to close out are going fast. If you need a suit and want to Zg make a few $ $ by buying your own goods see us soon. W KERN, BRITTSON i BEELER.

J H Uvat and family are again at uome in Will Fought's residence property on east Shackley street, having moved in last Thursday Last Friday Dan Booher of the Jeri chi Supply Co. was tearing Mown and packing up his effects preparatory to his moving to his new stand at Saint Mary’s, Ohio, while disconnecting the gas jets from the pipe that supplies the cook stove, from some unforseen cause the escaping gas caught fire which for a -hort time threatened destruction of the bouse By the heroic efforts of Dan. Jim Shugart and the neighbors, the dames were kept under«co»trol until the gas was shut off. Dan received soma severe burns on his bands and about the face. Geo. Crim, agent for the G. R & I. railroad company at this place, returned from an extended visit last Thursday and is again at bis post of duty. Frank Hartley who has been filling the vacancy ret urned to his station at Winchester Baturd4V. On Tuesday morning the G. R & I had a civil engineer taking bearings at the scene'of the accident in which Wm. Newcomer lost his IH«. The proceedings were closely watched by a nutfiber of our curious citizens. Our postmaster done a. land-office business the past few days all on account of 8t Valentine. Easter eggs next. Real Estate Trannfern. Fred Huffman to David Berger 20 A, Jefferson tp * 650 Geo Hiller to Adolph Ballepbach er 20 A, Jefferson tp' 440 Aaron B Tullis to Geo R Dickererson lot 186 and 18? Geneva., 5 Daniel C Shoemaker to J H Rtef lot 300 Geneva 700 Abe Stuckey to Marcellins E Button lot 278 Geneva 150 B C Faurot to Nathan L Michael 20 A. Robtip ... 200 Samuel H Long to Adam Lugin bill 40 A, Monroe tp 2 000 John Cross to Geo H Stone 23 A. Blue Crreek tp Jy) Abrraham Boegly to Gilliom Lumber Co und I 4 lot 317 Berne 660 William Maeshbarger to Aaron Zack 1-2 A. Monroe tp.i.. 5 Oebrask Mathewson to Horatio Mathewson 120 A, St. Marys tp. 600 Solomon M Schnepn to Alice M Schnepp 21 2 A, Union tp .... 50 Solomon M Schnerr to Lotitier A Schnepp 50 A, Union tp 1 500 Ella Bell et al to Daniel Sprang lot 582 Decatur 900

INSTITUTE REPORT,

The third institute convened at District N o 1 of Union township, February 6.1897. The house war called to order by the chairman, Mr. J. D. Nidlinger, at 1:30. Opening exercises conducted by the teacher, after which W. Smith read an interesting essay on the “Effects of Historical Nove’s.” The next was a declamation, “The Moneyless Man,” by Mary Miller. The class exercise in 'Guizot’s History of Civilization” was conducted by E S Moses, showing the universality of the Fuedal System and how Feudalism affected Civilization and the excitement it caused in the minds of the agricultural classes, The exercises by the pupils of the school consisting of declamations, songs, etc., were then listened to. The noon hour having arrived a sumptions dinner was spread bv the patrons of the school. The bouse was again called to order at 1:30 p. m. Vocal music under the direction of Alice Clem, essay by Bose Barkley on “Prevalent Faults in the Attempt to I Teach Primary Pupils ” We all have our faults In teaching. We should study the child’s mind more closely that i we may know better how to teach them. | He must Ibiak tbe lheoghl ia|ths point f. ■ ' -

to be taught. Purpose is the beginning and end of teaching Discussion of the subject by O S Mamma. Select reading. Nora Ahr. subject, “Is Music a Necessity ?” The next subjectjbeing a class exercise from article 5 io article 8 in state constitution, conducted by C S Mumma. After assigning the program tbe institute adjourned to meet at District No. 4. February 27th, 1887 Mary Miller Secretary.

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